To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many of his Department’s staff at each grade have worked primarily on matters related to tourism in each of the last 12 years. (281274)

There are currently 10 officials in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport supporting Ministers to develop and implement tourism policy. Other officers in the Department are also working on public engagement in respect of tourism matters. However, it is not possible to give figures as the number of staff working primarily on tourism matters in previous year because no records are available.

Following the recommendations of the DCMS Capability Review, standard functions like finance and briefing were brigaded into central teams and a flexible project resource was created to respond to new demands arising in any of our sectors, including tourism. This leaves smaller but more focussed specialist teams working on individual sectors, supported by the new central teams.